St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-16
ROTUNDA RnFF-KAFF.
Loquacious Visitors From Various
Corners of the Earth.

LOG uuclOus VlSltOrS from various
Corners of the Earth.
A man with brown face. heavily covered
with scraggy whiskers, and au air about him
which indicated that he hailed from the rural
districts, strolled up to the register Of the
Ryan yesterday and leaving an irregular
scrawl on the page asked Joe Henshaw to
give him a room. Joe went through the mo-
tions of making figures and asked the man if
he desired to go to his room Immediately.
''Yaas," replied the guest, ''what floor be
on?"
lone hundred" answered Joe.
"Wha-a-a-a-t," yelled the man, clutching
convulsively at the desk. while his eyes
threatened to leave their sockets and drop on
the floor.
zone hundred hoor," repeated Joe, quietly.
mo yer don't, not by id sight, said
the man, with look OF defiance in his hairy
face.
assurance.
wall, yer can keep it, said the man, eyer
can't put up memo hundred floors longs 1
keep my right mind. When 1 git ready ter go
ter heaven FL give people notice. purpose
terhang round purtynear airth fur some time
yit. Yer can give that air room ter some
Teller whose got more time ter climb stairs than
l hey, an I'll look up some other shop whar
can sleep in the same climate l eat in, and
with an indignant tiirt of his bushy head he
went out before Joe had chance to tell him
that the hundred floor was the first floor
parlor.
Hon. John D. Lawler, a worthy Democrat
and member of the council in the last Da-
kota legislature, was at the Ryan yesterday.
Mr.. Lawler is from Mitchell, where he is en-
gagged in the banking business, but when he
puts his name on hotel register he writes
opposite it the single word Dakota" which
has the effect of identifying him with the ter
ritory as whole. Mr.. LAWYERS visit is purely
of a private nature. Mrs. Lawler has been in
the city several days, and will probably ac-
company her husband on his return to
Mitchell in a few days. He had nothing Of
Importance to tell of Dakota matters. Every
thing politically is moving along quietly. He
claims to know nothing of the truth of the
rumor set atioat not long since that his
chances for becoming territorial treasurer
were good.
E. Ramsay, a hustling cattle man of Miles
City, Mont, was deeply interested in one of
Haggard's novels IN the rotunda of the Ryan
yesterday. He is en- route to Montana, after
a winters sojourn in Europe. He said he
found business very much depressed across
the water, but anticipated that change for
the better would come within the next
twelve months. 1t seemed pleasant to
him to get back once more into
an dtuOSpNeFe OI real estate DOOmS
and general activity, 1t was SO different from
the monotony of English life. He said when
he left New York, three days ago, it was very
warm there and the people in that part of the
country were enjoying glorious weather.
~
E. c. Waters, of Billings. Mont, was at the
Ryan yesterday. He said business was pick
ing up il that country, and although several
of the cattlemen had suffered heavy losses
during the past winter, they were in good
spirits and not discouraged. The town Of
Billings has begun to boom quietly and real
estate is bracing up. A general Improvement
in business circles is looked for throughout
the territory.
j. B. Sutherland, man wearing a square
topped hat and a cut-away coat. was at the
Merchants yesterday haiing from Winnipeg,
the town beyond the line. He says even up
| there is being felt the improvement in bust
ness SO prevalent throughout the Northwest,
and Winnipeg looks for season of activity in
the real estate market such as she has not
enjoyed since the great and disastrous boom
in 1891. The people expect that at least
two new railroads will be built from Wlnni-
peg to the border within the next two years.
| and they hope that the government will give
| them railway connection with Hudsons bay,
which would greatly increase the Importance
| of the city and enhance the value of its prop
| erty.
| There was group or important military
men at the Ryan yesterday. 1t was COM
| posed of Gen. j. w. Forsyth, Gen. H. NJ.
| Black and Gen. Thomas +. Barr. They arrived
yesterday noon from the West and will sit in
the court-martial at Fort Smelling the 23d inst